Chapter 260: Mortars
"Siege weapons? Why did you suddenly remember to ask this! There are many of them, but they are not the same in power and range. The most common are the Demons' meat grinder, the Terran's projection carts and ballistas, and the less common ones are the Goblin Mortar Squad. It is said that it is a goblin clan, but in fact, most of the manipulators are dwarves, and mortars are invented by goblins, but their bodies are too thin and weak to withstand the huge recoil of mortars, so they are often manipulated by dwarves, dwarves are generally no more than one meter four tall, have a low center of gravity, and are very strong, and are the best mortar operators. In addition to this, there is the orc Chimera, which is a flying two-headed monster that can spray the venom of green leaves, which can corrode not only armor, but also city walls, which is very terrifying. ā
"There are so many of them, so what should you do if you want to guard against siege weapons?"
"Preparedness? Could it be that someone wants to attack Longteng City with siege weapons? ā
"It's not to attack Longteng City, but to attack Chaxi Town, the truth of the news can't be determined, but it's better to believe it than not! Take precautions in advance, if it's really coming, let's be prepared. ā
"That's true, after all, it's okay to be prepared, but if you're not sure what kind of siege weapon the other side is using, we're going to be tired of coping. The best way to deal with conventional siege weapons is to also use siege weapons to counter-suppress and destroy the opponent's siege weapons, otherwise no matter how strong the city defense is, it will be breached one day; Attacking a monster like the Orc Chimera is useless, and the only way to do it is to send the Air Force to destroy it, but the number of Chimera is extremely rare, and the Orcs generally don't send them to the battlefield. ā
"Can you only use siege weapons to counter suppression?"
"There's only one way to do it. Because there are so few people in our gang, only seven of you have the ability to move freely. If they really had siege weapons and would definitely be the first to destroy the teleportation array, then the army of Dragon Teng City would not be able to support Chaxi Town. ā
"Even if they didn't destroy the teleportation array immediately. Our army rushed over, but if their siege weapons were not within the range of Chaxi Town, there was nothing the army could do with them. It is impossible for them to leave the range of Chaxi Town to destroy those siege weapons, which is very possible, because the range of siege weapons is more than 100 yards, so they must be guarded. ā
This is where the disadvantage of having few gang players comes into play. Normal gangs are mostly players with a few additional NPCs, unlike Dragon City, which now has more than 1,000 players. But only Li Nian is a combat profession, and the others are all craftsmen, and he is a good hand at building towns, and it is almost useless to fight.
If there are also a large number of free players in Dragon Teng City who can go out of the city to fight, then the wolf warrior will not dare to use siege weapons lightly. On the one hand, siege weapons are very valuable, and on the other hand, they are quite bulky, and if they are approached by the enemy, they can be destroyed in a few clicks.
"So be it. First, go to the goblin and ask them if they have any mortars left. If you don't have mortars, you can have a goblin crossbow, which is useless when attacking a city, but it is still very useful when defending a city. I'm going to get in touch with an old friend. Let's see if they have the means to get siege weapons. ā
"Okay, then there's Grandpa Lauluqin, I'll go over to Patriarch Ruiz now."
If there are more craftsmen, it will be built faster! In less than a month. The goblin settlements have already been built, and most of the goblins have moved into their new houses.
Li Nian finds Ruiz. Explaining his intentions to him, Elder Ruize smiled. Said, "It's really time for the Lord of Grinder City to come, we moved not long ago, and we found some mortar parts in the corner of the warehouse, we assembled them, and loaded them into 10 mortars, and 20 goblin crossbows. This powerful crossbow has just been shipped back, you see, this hardness, this elasticity, the range is at least 120 yards! ā
"Really?" Li Nian went up and tried the feel, but unfortunately he didn't pull it away.
"The city lord of the mill is really humorous, this kind of strong crossbow requires four warriors with a strength greater than 500 to pull away, and you can only pull it if you have more than 2000 strength alone."
Damn, if you don't say it earlier, you will be embarrassed.
"How do you sell these weapons?"
Speaking of goblins, the first impression of mainlanders is greed, so Li Nian doesn't expect them to give it to him for free, besides, some things still have to be bound by interests, you produce, I buy, so that everyone's relationship can last for a long time, if everything is obtained for free, it is estimated that people will stop doing it soon.
"It stands to reason that we also have the responsibility to defend Dragon City, and we shouldn't charge a fee, but we goblins also have to eat. In this way, I will give you half the price of all weapons, a mortar 25 gold coins, a goblin crossbow 10 gold coins, we currently only have the most basic shells, the original price is 1000 silver coins, I will sell you 500 silver coins, the crossbow arrows are specially made, a 100 silver coin, what do you think? ā
"Okay, thank you Patriarch Ruiz for being so generous! By the way, how are the preparations for the real yĆ n room? ā
"You have also seen it, we have just settled down, but the next step is about to start, when the time comes, the need for funds, I hope that the city lord of the mill can support more, after so many years in the secret realm of the Tianshan Mountains, we have no savings. Of course, your efforts will be rewarded, and when the real room and workshop are completed, we will repay you with scientific and technological achievements. ā
"That's easy to say! As for weapons, I don't have so much cash for the time being, buy four mortars first, buy five goblin crossbows, this is 120 gold coins, and a city building token is mortgaged to you, and I will redeem it when I have money. It is said that you goblins are good at business, and you must know the value of this token. ā
"Of course, if the city lord of Nian Zi buys so much at once, then I can't be stingy, and give you 100 mortar shells and 500 crossbow arrows, with a total value of 10 gold coins, which will be regarded as supporting the defense of Longteng City."
Seeing that Li Nian was so generous, Old Ruiz smiled like a flower, he had been hiding under the Tianshan Mountains for so many years, he had not seen so many gold coins for a long time.
"Patriarch Ruiz, if you can, I want you to stock up on some more cannonballs and crossbow arrows, we just took the town of Chaxi. It's not very peaceful there, there may be a large-scale clash in the near future. The demand for ammunition can be significant. ā
"I know, but I'll have to ask you to give us a piece of land. We need to build ammunition warehouses. ā
"That's fine. When I go back, I'll discuss this matter with Chief Manager Lu Qin. ā
After saying that, Li Nian ignored Ruiz and began to look through the mortars worth 25,000 silver coins on the ground.
Goblin Mortar: One of the scientific and technological achievements of the Goblin Clan's glory days, equipped with explosive shells, it can blow up the enemy from a long distance, and has a huge destructive power to buildings, the attack range, up to 150 yards, the nearest 30 yards. Weight 500, base rate of fire 20 seconds / shot.
Primary Shells: Can only be used with goblin mortars, damage 5000-30000, damage range 20 yards, closer to the center of the shell explosion, higher damage, damage to buildings increased by 20%, weight 100, goblin manufacturing, very stable. You don't have to worry about it blowing itself up.
Goblin Crossbow: Elementary, integrated with Goblin technology, the frame of the strong crossbow is titanium alloy, and the bowstring is wurm back tendon. The power is very powerful, the damage is 10000-50000, the closer the distance. The higher the damage, the firing speed is 10 seconds per shot. Requires 4 fighters with a strength greater than 500 to operate.
Damn, it's really a big killer weapon used in city warfare. One is more awesome than the other, mortars are mainly used to suppress firepower, and crossbows are mainly used to kill and injure the enemy's living forces.
"Grinder City Lord, if you can, can you recruit a few more dwarves to come over, these mortars can only be used to exert their maximum power on them, and they are good at crafting and mining, our two races are complementary. They live in the bitter cold land of the far north, and they used to be neighbors with the Ice Clan, and they like to drink very much, as long as you are sincere in soliciting, they are still relatively easy to convince. ā
"Well, when this crisis in Chaxi Town passes, I'll take a trip to the extreme north."
Saying goodbye to Ruiz, Li Nian found Master Testin again, and asked him to recruit a few strong and not tall soldiers to operate the mortar, and the 100 shells sent by Ruiz let them take it to practice, as for the goblin strong crossbow, the soldiers are no strangers, and the strengthened city crossbow of Longteng City is of the same type, but the power is not as strong as the strengthened city crossbow, but it can be seen from the crossbow arrows that the crossbow arrows of the goblin strong crossbow are only one zhang long, and the crossbow arrows of the strengthened city crossbow are nearly two zhang long.
After the arrangements were made, Li Nian returned to the City Lord's Mansion and discussed with Lu Qin about the construction of the guard tower. Although the Goblin Crossbow can be used on the city wall, it will not only not be able to play its maximum role, but it will also be unsafe. The higher the tower, the higher the goblin crossbow, the farther the firing distance, and there is also a strong deterrent to flying monsters in the air.
After discussing with Lu Qin, it was decided that the guard tower should be built according to the standard of 5 zhang first, and then expanded a little bit, so as not to plan too high, and before it was completed, the battle had already broken out, and it would not be needed at that time.
After agreeing, he found Gao Liang and others, and asked them to take turns to go offline to rest, and report immediately in case of emergencies. On the other hand, plans have also been made to expand the recruitment, and the reason why the gang has this dilemma is because there are too few people in the final analysis. If the players in Dragon Teng City had one-third of the wolf warriors, the wolf warriors would not dare to be so arrogant. One side of the siege is at a disadvantage, one is not the city wall for defense, the other is that the reinforcements are not so fast, the player who defends the city in the city battle can quickly teleport to the gang to continue fighting, even if there is no teleportation array, the same is true with the city scroll, but the siege side, it is not so convenient, once it hangs up, it has to run over again, if the distance is too far, then hanging is equivalent to attrition, you spend a day running over, the daylily is cold.
After speaking, he went offline, since the incident of Allure, Li Nian has been relieved that Yang Xue has not been relieved, practiced the Taiyi Heart Sutra for 2 hours, took a shower, originally he relied on running to exercise, since he practiced the Taiyi Heart Sutra, he gave up the running career that he insisted on for more than ten years, compared to running, the forging effect of the Taiyi Heart Sutra is really much better!
Just boiled the water and prepared instant noodles, the phone rang, and it was Zhao Jie calling.
"Grinder, is there something wrong?"
"I just quit the game and I'm ready to eat instant noodles, what's wrong?"
"Don't make noodles, come out, I'm in the potato flour shop at the entrance of the community."
"Forget it, that thing isn't hungry, it's better to eat instant noodles!"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense, get out of here, or you will bear the consequences!"
Zhao Jie's tone was very calm, but the kind of threat between the lines, Li Nian could feel it, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, who had offended this tigress again!
Today's Zhao Jie is rare not to wear a police uniform, but a casual dress, with a white shirt and down jacket on the upper body, and a black stockings and short skirt on the bottom, and it seems that there is no chest wrapping, and the two holy women's peaks on the chest are quite majestic.
"Yo he, I haven't seen you in the past few days, it's a lot more beautiful."
It's a pity that Zhao Jie ignored his praise and ate his potato flour by himself.
"Beauty, what are you looking for me?"
Seeing that Zhao Jie ignored herself, Li Nian wondered a little, could it be that she offended her? But after thinking about it for a while, I didn't expect that I hadn't seen her for half a month since the last time I said goodbye to the bar.
Seeing that she was still silent, Li Nian felt a little furious in his heart, and sneered, "Officer Zhao, are you looking for me?" ā
After Zhao Jie finished eating the potato flour in the casserole, Meimu glanced at him and said slowly, "I heard that someone made a rumor about me, and I specially asked you to confirm it." ā
"Hehe, it's definitely not me, we have such a good relationship, how can I ......" was only halfway through the words, Li Nian suddenly remembered that time he was arrested for drinking and driving, and he bragged to the traffic policeman that Zhao Jie was his girlfriend.
That traffic policeman won't have such a long tongue! At this time, Li Nian still had a trace of luck in his heart, and pretended to be casual and said, "Who is so bold that he dares to slander you!" It's a long life! ā
"You mean I'm brutal?"
Zhao Jie took out a tissue to wipe her mouth, glanced at him and said.
"How can it, I mean that if someone slanders you, you sue me, and I will subdue him in minutes."
"yes, then you should slap yourself twice."
Listening to Li Nian's words, Zhao Jie smiled and said lightly.
Well, this time Li Nian is sure, it must be the little traffic policeman who turned into a long-tongued woman and went to Zhao Jie to complain. But at this time, I can only go to the dark, "Hehe, I'm your bodyguard, I crippled myself, who will protect you." ā
"It's okay, I have a lot of flower messengers, not many of you."
"What the hell is going on? I'm going to die to understand. ā
"Pretend, keep pretending!"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Li Nian also prepared the spirit that the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, ate rice noodles by himself, and took Zhao Jie's soda and drank it recklessly.
"Then let me remind you, yesterday I went to the traffic police team to get my previous things, and I met Xiao Zhang at the same time, and he said that he met my boyfriend when he was on duty a few days ago."
"Really? When did you have a boyfriend, why haven't I heard of it, bring it over to you another day! (To be continued......)